Word: gutman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...play a good old-fashioned game of football is simply out of the question. And since intramural touch football games tend to attract those ‘less familiar’ with the sport, Nick D. Zeitlin ’02 and his off-campus chum Brandon K. Gutman ’02, are adding a litle Harvard power to a local Boston fooball league...
After becoming a local legend on his high school football league, Zeitlin found that “no one really knew what they were doing” in most of the on-campus football games. Gutman, who played football for Harvard during his freshman year, agrees, “We used to be total bad asses [in high school] All State, Final Four, college recruits, you name it.” The two decided to join the league when they realized that “now we’re fat, slow, and 1-2 in a Boston flag football...
...Gutman has gotten all of his off-campus roomates to join the league as well, though their commitment to the tougher side of the sport is a bit shaky. “Sometimes the games are early,” says Gutman, “we don’t go to those. It’s tough. Sure we don’t have spring ball, film sessions, mandatory workouts or even practice, but we’re playing for the love of the game...
Zeitlin and Gutman both agree that the league provides a nice contrast to Harvard competitiveness; although some teams are highly committed, all can participate without having making the league their first priority. “The other teams take it pretty seriously, [but for me] it’s the only thing I do all year that’s not all Harvard people or Harvard organized,” Zeitlin says. Other members of the league are mostly men in their mid-20s who played football in high school or college and want to “relive their...
...Even if Gutman and Zeitlin don’t have uniforms or go to weekday practices and early games, they do have what it takes to win. Last Sunday’s rally proved that with a score...